Ex-State Dept. employee from Atlanta indicted on hacking and cyberstalking charges

A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted former U.S. State Department employee and Atlanta resident Michael C. Ford for an alleged hacking and cyberstalking scheme where he got sexually explicit photographs and other personal information from victims’ email and social media accounts, then threatened to share the data unless the victims provided him with more explicit photos and videos. “Ford is alleged to have hacked into hundreds of email accounts and tormented women across the country, by…